Find Spot record MHG14334 - Inchnacaorach

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 8520 4939 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH84NE
Old County NAIRNSHIRE
Civil Parish CAWDOR
Geographical Area NAIRN

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A short cist, containing a beaker, a crouched burial and three bone implements - evidently two awls and a chisel - was found in or before 1861 on the farm of Inchnacaorach (NH 852 494).
The site lay in an arable field part of which consisted of a low ridge. The cist lay 15" below the surface of one of the prominent knobs of this ridge (Info contained in letter from W A Stables to Earl of Cawdor, 13 April 1861).
The beaker - short neck, type N.3 (Clarke 1970) - and implements were presented to the British Museum by the Earl of Cawdor but the implements could not be traced in 1960. (Walker 1967) (Beaker: 1861, 6-27, 1-4). Proc Soc Antiq Lond 1861; I C Walker 1967; D L Clarke 1970.

No further information. Visited by OS (N K B) 21 January 1971.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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